Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The disastrous Type 26 programme serves as a cautionary tale - John Linton The Type 26 frigate programme, once hailed as a beacon ...

The Qinzhou, the second Type 054B frigate of the Navy, conducts formation training alongside Type 055 and Type 052D ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Type 23 frigate HMS St Albans, captained by Commander Tom Sharpe RN 2010-2012. Type 23s specialise in anti-submarine warfare - Lee ...

A long awaited decision on the Royal Norwegian Navy’s next generation warships was announced on Aug. 31, with Norwegian PM Jonas Støre confirming the procurement of UK-designed Type 26 frigates in a ...

The award by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to Babcock of a contract to perform a Capability Insertion Period (CIP) across all five future Type 31 frigates could indicate that the integration of the ...

Satellite imagery captured on 21 March indicates that China has begun construction of a fourth Jiangkai III (Type 054B)-class ...

A London-based company successfully conducted the float-off of a UK Royal Navy’s powerful vessel.

HMS Active, one of the Royal Navy's new Type 31 frigates, being built by Babcock, has entered the water for the first time at ...

BEIJING, 22 January (BelTA - China Daily) - China commissioned its first Type 054B guided-missile frigate in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Wednesday morning, according to the People's Liberation Army ...

Norway has moved to reinforce its long-term defence expansion with an additional NOK 115 billion uplift announced this week, a step that appears to steady earlier uncertainty around numbers for its ...

In January 2026, the Royal Navy finds itself at a pivotal moment. After a year of major global deployments and[...] ...

Babcock has been awarded the contract to manage the Type 23 class frigate Refit Support Group, allowing the company to take end-to-end responsibility for vessel upkeep and regeneration in preparation ...